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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/revisions.txt | 32 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index 9aa58052bc..ab5b8cf880 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ characters and to avoid word splitting. explicitly say 'heads/master' to tell Git which one you mean. When ambiguous, a '<refname>' is disambiguated by taking the first match in the following rules: - ++ . If '$GIT_DIR/<refname>' exists, that is what you mean (this is usually useful only for `HEAD`, `FETCH_HEAD`, `ORIG_HEAD`, `MERGE_HEAD` and `CHERRY_PICK_HEAD`); @@ -44,19 +44,25 @@ characters and to avoid word splitting. . otherwise, 'refs/remotes/<refname>' if it exists; . otherwise, 'refs/remotes/<refname>/HEAD' if it exists. + + -`HEAD` names the commit on which you based the changes in the working tree. -`FETCH_HEAD` records the branch which you fetched from a remote repository -with your last `git fetch` invocation. -`ORIG_HEAD` is created by commands that move your `HEAD` in a drastic -way (`git am`, `git merge`, `git rebase`, `git reset`), -to record the position of the `HEAD` before their operation, so that -you can easily change the tip of the branch back to the state before you ran -them. -`MERGE_HEAD` records the commit(s) which you are merging into your branch -when you run `git merge`. -`CHERRY_PICK_HEAD` records the commit which you are cherry-picking -when you run `git cherry-pick`. + `HEAD`::: + names the commit on which you based the changes in the working tree. + `FETCH_HEAD`::: + records the branch which you fetched from a remote repository with + your last `git fetch` invocation. + `ORIG_HEAD`::: + is created by commands that move your `HEAD` in a drastic way (`git + am`, `git merge`, `git rebase`, `git reset`), to record the position + of the `HEAD` before their operation, so that you can easily change + the tip of the branch back to the state before you ran them. + `MERGE_HEAD`::: + records the commit(s) which you are merging into your branch when you + run `git merge`. + `CHERRY_PICK_HEAD`::: + records the commit which you are cherry-picking when you run `git + cherry-pick`. + + Note that any of the 'refs/*' cases above may come either from the `$GIT_DIR/refs` directory or from the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file. |